Two Oscar-nominated movies return to local cineplexes to celebrate the awards season and to offer audiences a chance to view them again or in special formats.

“Frozen” Sing-a-along

The immensely popular Disney animated movie also has a massive success with its soundtrack, the reason this limited engagement is opening. The No. 1 album for the movie bumpedBeyonce from that position recently and has been a huge hit around the world. This special presentation, which runs for two weeks (the movie is still playing in its normal presentation), is shown with lyrics onscreen like subtitles allowing attendees to sing along with the songs.

“Frozen” is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” and is about a mountain climber and a young girl trying to find the Snow Queen. Traveling through snowy, dangerous mountains they try to end the endless winter that engulfs the kingdom.

This movie was a blockbuster last fall and reminded studios and audiences alike that story mattered, even one that heavily utilized visual effects to immerse viewers. Director Alfonso Cuarón (“Children of Men”) created a incredibly realistic and tense environment for actress Sandra Bullock in the role of an astronaut. That environment explodes with emotion when she’s suddenly thrust into life-threatening events when the space shuttle she and two other astronauts are in is struck by space debris. Review after review praised the movie for its intense realism and most suggested seeing it in 3D and especially 3D IMAX. “Gravity” is showing at Carmike in 3D and returns Friday in 3D IMAX at Mayfaire 16.

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